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St. Landry democrat., 1887-09-17

And on the fats in huge, rough blocks,
Stand out the famous oyster rocks.
whoa! Gee! and comes the rumbling
cart,
And boy, and lum bering oxen team
To bear away modest part
Of ores; while soft as in dream
The neigh boring pines in sad attune.
Watt down a lonesome. whispered rune
But what is that the cart boy sees
Half wrapped in mingled weeds and sand
Which makes him stand with trembling
knees,
His pitchfork balanced in his hand?
A human drift-the tale is old
The dredger's fate so often told
With shaking hands he lifts the pail,
And scans the face, the form, the dress;
Alas his ignorance quick reads all
Which such drift can well confess,
And soon he kindly rears mound
Upon the fatal oyster ground.
A drift o, God, but Thou dost know
The cruel need, perchance the shame,
The lonely wanderings, the woe,
Which drove this waif without name
To meet this fate, and Thou canst tell
Where they still wait who loved him we'll
High water on the Hungo's sand,
The flowing tide is rising still.
Though covered every point of land,
And floods the inlets trimming fill;
But soft the pines around the shore
Murmur, HE rests-he drifts no more"
St. Landry democrat., 1887-09-17

and muscle that hu-
man physique can at
tain. Fine field play
implies an alertness
of attention and ia
cility of action that
are simply marvel
Gus. When a ball
bounds like a rico
chetting cannon-shot
across the field, its
course and bounds
must be noticed in an
ininitesimal part of
a second, the nerves
must telegraph pre-
else and minute
St. Landry democrat., 1887-09-17
aiABEL's REASON.

Get up. Mabel" said Pittsburg mother
to her little daughter, ''it's breakfast time"
II duzzent want to- replied the little girl.
20, you must. Remember that the early
bird catches the first worm"
''Pse dot woIus now" was Mabel's con-
elusive reply
St. Landry democrat., 1887-09-17

ggard, IN
wife d VI rs.
Langtry and
$ o m e friends
to lunch with
him and see
t h e stables.
The luncheon
was delight
full, and an
evi d e nee of
the tact that a
bachelor can
keep a perfect
establis hment,
a somethin 9
unmarriedwo
men 5 el d o m
achieve. The
one -year-Old
are the largest
in point of size
of any | have
ever seen, and
Mrs. Langtry
said were far
sup eri or to
t hos e much
talked of ones
in California.
All the With
ers horses are
bred on his
farm, and the
owner thereof
never makes a
bet, not even
on his own
horses. Lag
gard carried
off the $4,000
stakes the 9TH
erday:SOe even
St. Landry democrat., 1887-09-17

A scientist declares that rocking-chairs
make people deaf and near-sighted. We
have noticed this, especially when two
young people are in the rocking-chair
St. Landry democrat., 1887-09-17

Some things woman doesn't know, OF
course: but one of them isn't what she
thinks of some other woman.
St. Landry democrat., 1887-09-17

that other method at one
time so common among
townball players. One
side of the paddle would
be wetted, and then with a
toss in the air and two
St. Landry democrat., 1887-09-17

A neat proposal of marriage was made by
a South Yonkers man the other night, who
said: "Now, my dear, you say you have e
$4,000 in your own name why not put II
in mine Pr YonkerS Statesman.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-06-24
ELECTRIC.

The great want of the age is a nightkey
with an electric light on the end of it,
Goodall's Sun.
There is danger in calling balls during a
game. One may come all too swift.-NeW
Orleans Picayune.
"Mr. Brown" said Dumley, ri call to
request your daughters hand in marriage. y
matter with asking for the girl?n-Siftings.
A limited range-Wife-"Oh doctor, Ben
jamin seems to be wandering in his mind!'
Doctor (who knows Benjamin. )-"Don't
trouble about that-he can't go It'd
Bits.
A correspondent asks: "Can you give me
the salary of the Speaker of the Housea'
Kind friend, we can't; we haven't got it, and
if we had we'd probably conclude to keep it.
Philadelphia Call.
"Life has been for me succession of sad
blows" said Mr.. Breathsr. "Ah?" said the
new pastor, sympathetically. eyes, indeed
replied the parishioner, ,N"Ive had the asthma
twenty-five years. s."-Burdette.
Very likely. Pounds, the grocer, says he
didn't lose anything by the panic in coffee.
1t wouldn't make any difference, he says, il
there wasn't any coffee in the market; he'd
be able to supply his customers just the
same.-Boston Transcript.
"I don't care what others may say, but
will never, never forgive the rebels. My
heart is as bitter ever against them. When
I drew the sword drew it forever Then
you were in the army g" Yes, sir, and
am proud of it." ssWhat battles were you
in o. "Oh, wasn't in any engagements
Our regiment, you know, only went as far as
New Bedford. Boston Transcript.
Mrs. Putt-"James is overrun with bust.
ness cares just now. By the way, is Mr.. Cal
in businessa" Mrs. Call-''Oh, yes, deeply
He told me that yesterday he bought / ,00(
bales of cotton, 1000 barrels of oil and
Morning journal and courier., 1887-06-24

| don't know how many bushels of wheat. "
Mrs. Putt-"He must be doing large busi-
ness. Where is his store?" Mrs. Call-s'He
has no store. He says he has the goods on
'margin-some sort of vessel, believe"
Mrs. Putt-''Dear me, isn't that convenient"
Boston Beacon.
t'Why is ita'' said the inquisitive man to the
wise man, E'that when a carpenter is build
ing house he lets the mason start the Chin
ney, and without looking where it is he crawls
up on the roof and saws hole for it just as
far from where he thinks the right place is
as he can, and then the chimney falls down
twice while they are trying to work it around
SO as to strike the hole in the roof want
to know why in blazes this is?' ST don't
know" replied the wise man, and then all
was still again.-Dakota Bell.
Paterfamilias was reading in the paper an
article concerning Nathan Hale, and looking
up for moment at his hopeful son, who was
poring over his lesson, he asked: George,
did you ever read of the Martyr Spy of the
Revolution a'' And George scratched his
head wearily and responded: "No, pop,
don't remember about the martyrs pie; the
only pie of the Revolution ever heard of
was the Washington Pie" And the old gen.
tleman held up the paper and grinned behind
it for five minutes Boston Commercial Bull
1efin
Morning journal and courier., 1887-06-24
Friday, June Fl, 1ss7.
As MIR Ia,rEs KEuTH SEES =,

AS MIR. JAMES KEITH SEES 1T.
It is interesting, and somewhat profitable,
to see ourselves as others see us. Mr..
James Keith In the Ninteenth Century tells
the people of England, and all others concern
ed, that this country is menacing the COM
mercial prosperity of England.
Among the advantages which this coun-
try has over England Mr.. Keith sets down
the encouragement of invention, freedom
from imperial taxation, more thorough edu-
cation of children, better system of local
government, practical freedom from land
rents which render our agricultural popula-
ton the most Independent people in the
world, the greater cheapness of food and the
enormous natural resources of our country.
And he goes on to say: The United States is
even now our best customer, but how long
this will continue it is hard to say, seeing
she is already supplying our colonies and our
selves with many of our own kind of manu-
factures. The United States, again, can
grow everything in the shape of food which
she may ever require within her own bord-
ers, and could supply all our wants in that
respect besides. The only advantage we
have over the United States is, as I have
said, that we have cheap labor, and because
of our cheap labor, and that only, can we
send into her markets raw material and man
ufaetured goods despite her heavy import
duties. The import duties of the United
States, however, are being gradually lower
ed, and she is tending towards the adoption
of free trade. When the United States
adopt free trade, or anything approaching. it,
the price of labor in America will come
down and the American people will then
compete with us in our own country and
run US out of the race, unless we, in the in
terin, develop our resources, stir ourselves
up, and show ourselves as progressive and
far advanced as she undoubtedly is in the
industrial arts and sciences.
This is encouraging, except the free trade
part. Mr.. Keith has not good reason for
saying that this country is tending toward
the adoption of free trade. The voters of
this country are not yet ready to see the
price of labor come down here.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-06-24
SOME ADVERTISE FICTION
SOME FACTS.

Straight from the shoulder G. E. Longley
& Co. give you the truth in a nut shell.
July 1st, the consolidation with Chamberlin
& Currier, 403 Washington street, Boston,
takes effect and every effort is being made to
sell our stock down before that date. Prices
have been cut, cut, cut, until there's nothing
left to cut again. The finest and the cheap
est suffer alike in the great reductions.
Suits for Men, Suits for Young Men, Suits
for large Boys, suits for small Boys; Shirt
Waists, Pantaloons, Spring Overeoats and
Overalls, all marked down. Fine Black
Corkscrew Suits, Blue Flannel Suits, Fancy
Worsted Suits, Check and Striped Cashmere
Suits, Imported Cheviot Suits and Homespun
Suits, in Sack and Four Button Frock Coats,
light and dark shades, lower than we ever
before offered goods of equal value and
merit
Our S. so Mems Black Worsted Corkscrew
Suits would bs cheap at any price under
$3.50. All sizes, Sack or Four Button
Cutaway Frock Goats.
MAKE YOUR PURCHASES BEFORE
July 1sT.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-06-24
origin of the Saying, Sand 1t Wasn't n
Good day for Ducks. Ether,

In 1860, the year before the war, a party
of northern Illinois hunters hied themselves
to the lakes of Minnesota for an annual
duck hunt of a few weeks, N aking the jour
ney to st. Paul, which was at that time but
little more than frontier village, by a
steamer from Dubuque, Ia. Among the
party was chap named Truax, powerful
liar, but jolly, good natured fellow withal,
whose predominant weakness was readily
excused, if not entirely overlooked, by those
who knew him we'll Abe, that being his
first name, seemed to struggle more reck-
lessly and naturally with the truth when
talking about his prowess as a hunter of
game than on any other subject. One day.
as the steamer was blowing its way through
Lake Pekin, number of the male passengers
were seated forward on the boiler deck in
little knots, passing the time away in con-
versation. Abe was prominent figure in
one of the groups, and had already astonished
himself fairly by the whoppers he had sue
cessfully got off, when the mission of duck
hunting the mission which himself and friends
were out on, was adverted to.
"Pve shot a few ducks in my time"
broke in Abe, during momentary lull in the
talk.
Chow many did you ever kill in one days"
queried cross-eyed passenger from down
about Burlington.
"You may not believe me, sir" replied
Truax, ''but in the fall of '57 I went ont
dog and gun and brought home 200 ducks by
| actual count and it wasn't a good day for
ducks either"
"You did that all alone in one tripa" asked
the cross eyed man as he put down some fig
ures on an envelope with pencil he had core
lessly taken from his vest pocket.
eyes, sir, did, said Truax, with tinge
of ill humor to his tone.
ssThose ducks would weigh about two and
half pounds apiece, wouldn't theys' cas-
ually remarked the Burlington man, as he
kept on making characters with his pencil.
s'I should say they would" remarked the
unsuspecting Abe.
ssWeil, them" said the persistent qusrist,
'syou killed just $50 pounds of ducks, and
if Won can tell me how one man is able
to lug that weight seven miles and carry
a gun at the same time, you can do some
thing that no other liar in the Northwest can
MATCH
Abe reflected minute, and with s'Thats a
whopper, isn't it gentlemen9' he invited the
whole party into the bar to take something at
his expense.
The remarks: "And it wasn't good day
for ducks, either" was used banteringly on
Truax during the remainder of the trip, and
in time it became common on the Mississippi,
whence it spread until it became one of the
preverbial Americanisms of the time.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-06-24

The rattlesnake proved, on inquiry, to have
come from Virginia.
The Chinese are to have new coinage,
and ninety coming presses and all necessary
machinery tor fitting up a mint in China
will be ready by next April. The presses,
which being prepared in England, are
noiseless and automatic, and are capable of
producing 2,7O0,0O0 coins per day of ten
hours. The coins are to be dollar pieces and
three subdivisions, half, fifth and a tenth
in silver, as well as the ''cash" or t'mils,"
equal to one-thousandth part of dollar in
rolled brass. The silver dollar is equal to
5s. English money. Of the 2,700,000 coins
which are to be struck per day, 100000 are
to be Gf required) silver dollars. The extent
of the order may be estimated from the fact
that the royal mint in London is only fur
nished with sixteen presses. The value of
the daily coinage in English money is e25,-
65O
Morning journal and courier., 1887-06-24
9r1J Gunds.
Howe & StetsOl.
WIDE AWAKE
BARGAINS.

a pieces Fancy China Silks,
Fl inches wide, for soc a yard,
marked down from ST. These
are new styles, perfect silks,
and are retailed in New York
to-day at 81.
7pieces Cheney Bros Print
ed Pongee Silks, elegant styles,
at 6oc a yard. Marked down
from 81.
S pieces Summer Silks at 2ec
a yard. Marked down from
81.
S pieces Summer Silks at 2oc
a yard. Marked down from
37Hc. These silks make cool
summer dress, and cost no more
than a cotton fabric.
We are offering
Morning journal and courier., 1887-06-24
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New Haven Taxes.

THE subscriber gives notice to all persons liable
4 to pay taxes in New Haven on list of 1886, and
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New Haven, Conn.,. June 9, 1887 ie1O fst
Morning journal and courier., 1887-06-24
Old Uncle JOe'S
PROVERBS.

De narvous chap dat dose not get
DR.. Flowers Nerve and Brain Pills
cheats himself out of de pleasures of
happy life, and am therefore a fool.
De world am full oh idyuts; but
the biggest idyut 1 eber see was dc
man dat suffers with Dyspepsia, when
he done knows of DR.. Flowers Liver
and Stomach Sanative, dat great
remedy what nebber fails.
Maybe ye doan know a fact.
WE'LL I will enlighten yo'. Ebery
man dat buys a bottle of DR..
Flowers Liver and Stomach Medi-
cine, gets a bottle of DIR. Flowers
Liver Pills throwed in j; tharfor, he
gets two dollars worth OBJ medicine
for one dollar. OATS what L call
economy.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-06-24
Constipation.
TAX e A DIX.
Dyspepsia.
I" a "N n D-H

And take DIX to relieve HEARTBURN.
A boz of little lozenges. prepared by DR.. Mark
Woodbury., called DYSPEPSIA KILLERS.
Cost only so cents a box trial boxes cost only 25
cents) Will be sent to any part of the United
States by mail on receipt of price by DOOLITTLE
& SMITH. "a and 26 fremont ST., Boston, Mass.
j16 mr.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-06-24

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY, is
CENTS WEEK, 80 CENTS A MONTH, $500
FOR SIX MONTHS, $500 A YEAR. TIE SAME
TERMS By MAIL.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-06-24
@nfsceIIa1Ieums.

Patents for Inventors.
In THE
UNITED STATES AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES
A practice Of more than thirty years, and fire.
quent visits to the Patent Oaice has given him q
familiarity with every department of, and mode of
proceeding at, the Patent Office, which, together
with the fact that he now visits Washington semi
monthly give his personal attention to the inter
Of his clients warrants him in the assertion that
no office in this country is able to offer the same
by Letter Patent-and particularly to those whose
applications have been reiected-an examination Of
which he will make free Of charge.
Preliminary examination, prior to application for
patent made at Patent Office, at q small charge.
His facilities for procuring Patents in Foreign
Countries uneQualed
Refers to more than thousand clients for whom
he has procured Letters Patent iy1Sd&w
Morning journal and courier., 1887-06-24
EDITORIAL NOTES.

And now comes the Norwich Bulletin and
says an inscription on our soldiers and sail
ors' monument is ssNavel Battles" We sup
pose it will do little good to Try to catch
this story now that it has got started.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-06-24
WONDERFUL BARGAINS
DRESS GOODS.

At 20, 3711, 50 and 75c. Ifyou
haven't any idea of buying
dress we would esteem it a fa-
vor to have you examine these
goods just to see what we mean
when we advertise a MARK
DOWN SALE.
LACES-
At mark-down prices. This
stock must be reduced. Deep
cuts have been made for this
purpose only.
PARASOLS
Marked down. 81 shades for
7oc. So shades for $I.48. S.
for $3.50. Misses Parasols for
csc, reduced from So, sc.
Mark-DOwns i'm Wash Goods
AS Follows:
Tufted Striped Canvas Cloths
to I2Hc a yard. Printed French
Armures to SC; former price II
cents a yard. These goods are
very cheap and worthy your at
tention.
Morning journal and courier., 1887-06-24

THE CARRINaToN PUBLISHING co.
TheOldest DailyPaperPubIfshe
In Connecticut.
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Daniel Pratt, the Great American Traveller
who has gone on his last journey, often used
words without much regard to their mean
ing or connection. but he sometimes hit the
mark. For instance, when he remarked
concerning himself that he "never made
enough cash to salt the eye-ball of an ami,
malcule.'
Morning journal and courier., 1887-06-24

The rattlesnake proved, on inquiry, to have
come from Virginia
Morning journal and courier., 1887-06-24

It is becoming more and more dangerous
to live. Salicylic acid is extensively used in
bottled beer to prevent fermentation, and
the Medical Record says that the amount
requisite is from 10 to 10 grains per gallon.
The acid Injuries the digestion and irritates
the kidneys, and without doubt is the cause
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1887-09-28
Mr.. J. X. Frost is enjoying a we'll

WI a. ~ TTosb IL cUJOy1uE Wcll'
earned vacation In Lynn and Boston.
Some Of our valued correspondence and
local items are unayoidably crowded out
| this week.
Miss Mabel Goodwin will return to
Boston on Saturday next, to continue her
musical studies at the Conservatory.
Mrs. Forrest Robinson, of Boston, de-
parted on Mondays train, after visit Of
some weeks to Mrs. Samuel Robinson
and family.
Sunday was rather drcary day for
pleasure riders. The livery horses mud IA
rest, their first Sunday lay Off for several
months
Mr.. IL. J. Fogg, wife and daughter, Of
Westminster, N Y, returned home yes
terday from weeks visit to friends here
and at Cornville
Miss Jennie Wright OF Norridgcwock,
and her guest, Mrs L. d. Cole, OF Mass,
drove down Sunday and passed the day
with their uncle, james Wright and fami-
ly.
DIR. S. f. Conant departed for New
York, Monday last, on a business trip.
He will return to Boston the latter part
Of the week and pass the month of Oeto-
Der in attendance on the Mechanics Fair.
Mr.. G. b. Danforth, of this town. has
an English Mastin', that stands 81 inches
high, girts 3 #. 2 inches, is it. 4 in from
tip tip, and his arm is .! inches in cir
conference. Tramps don't loaf around
that establishment very much.
Mr. Pat Rooney and his fine company
delighted fair sized audience at Coburn
Hall, on Thursday evening of last week,
and sent them home in the best OF spirits
The father of the company has a rcputa-
ton second to none rs an Irish comedian,
and he was ably assisted by his daughter
Miss Katie, who made hosts of friends
or the Southern quintette, too much can
not be said, as theirs is the finest chorus
of voices that has yet appeared in Coburn
Hall, and were obliged to respond to
seven cncorcs.
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MAR RED.

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Ham, daughter.
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Lio,c much Suffering comes from Liver
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